# meskarune/i3lock-fancy

i3lock script that takes a screenshot of the desktop, blurs the background and adds a lock icon and text

Repository: https://github.com/meskarune/i3lock-fancy
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/i3lock-fancy
Language: Shell
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: i3, i3lock, i3lock-color, i3wm, bash-script
Last push: 2024-06-08T04:24:07+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4316, "days_push": 816, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1564, forks 183 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:04.107807+00:00)

## What it is
A bash script wrapper around i3lock that takes a screenshot of the desktop, blurs or pixelates it, and overlays a lock icon and text to create a stylized lock screen. It is designed for the i3 window manager and similar X11 environments.

## Use cases
- lock my i3 desktop with a blurred screenshot background
- add a fancy lock screen to my window manager
- pixelate the screen instead of blurring when locking
- automatically lock the screen after inactivity with xautolock
- customize the lock screen font and text prompt
- lock the screen on suspend with systemd

## When to choose
- you use i3 or another X11 window manager and want an attractive lock screen
- you want a simple script-based lock screen with blur, pixelate, or greyscale effects
- you need customizable fonts, text, and screenshot backends like scrot or maim

## When to avoid
- you are on Wayland, since i3lock and this script are X11-only
- you want a full-featured authentication lock screen without external dependencies
- you need a GUI-configurable lock screen rather than a shell script

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: stable
- function: cli, security, developer-tools
- domain: operating-systems, desktop-applications, security
- platform: cli
- tags: i3wm, i3lock, lock-screen, bash-script, window-manager, command-line, linux

## Member repositories
- meskarune/i3lock-fancy (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:04.107807+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:00:13.977297+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/meskarune/i3lock-fancy (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:04.107807+00:00, sha bc9d9a18ffa5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.